Patsy: A Novel
Written by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Narrated by Sharon Gordon
4/5
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About this audiobook
Beating with the pulse of a long-withheld confession, Patsy gives voice to a woman who looks to America for the opportunity to choose herself first-not to give a better life to her family back home. Patsy leaves Tru behind in a defiant act of self-preservation, hoping for a new start. But when Patsy arrives in Brooklyn, America is not as Cicely's treasured letters described; to survive as an undocumented immigrant, she is forced to work as a bathroom attendant and nanny. Meanwhile, Tru builds a faltering relationship with her father back in Jamaica, grappling with her own questions of identity and sexuality.
Expertly evoking the jittery streets of New York and the languid rhythms of Jamaica, Patsy weaves between the lives of Patsy and Tru in vignettes spanning more than a decade as mother and daughter ultimately find a way back to one another.
Editor's Note
Lambda Award winner…
Many tough choices face the titular Patsy: She decides to leave Jamaica, her daughter, and her husband looking for a better life in America and her first love, Cicely. While she boldly holds the reins of her life, it doesn’t stay on course, and she’s left trying to navigate through her desired dreams and harsher reality. One of Oprah Magazine’s top picks of 2019.
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Nicole Dennis-Benn has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, MacDowell, Lambda and the Sewanee Writers Conference. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, she lives with her wife in Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches writing. In 2018, she was named as an NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction, awarded by the New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Here Comes the Sun is her first novel. It won the Lambda Literary Award, and was a finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. www.nicoledennisbenn.com
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Reviews for Patsy
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this novel. I learned about some traditions that I’ve heard of that this book confirmed. I expected a bit more action, but nonetheless, well done! I’m glad that Patsy and her daughter were able to work through the differences. Such a sad reality of many immigrants coming to America for the American dream.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I didn’t want the story to end. Feel in love with the characters.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Starts somewhat slow and can be hard to empathize w a mom who leaves her child for their lover but incredible storytelling, narration, and writing. Gorgeous work❤️ I loved it❤️ #TrueJuicefortheWIN ❤️?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great coming of age book for the young and the old.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This novel unfolds over a decade of emotional changes for the characters against the backdrop of cultural changes in two countries. The story will wrap you up and have you crying and smiling in hope.